Dec 29
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Allergan Inc, the maker of Botox, said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its eyelash-thickening drug Latisse.
Latisse is designed to treat a condition known as hypotrichosis of the eyelashes, which means a person does not have enough eyelashes.
The active ingredient in Latisse is bimatroprost, the same ingredient that is in Allergan’s glaucoma treatment Lumigan. Patients taking Lumigan found a side effect of the drug to be eyelash growth, prompting Allergan to study it for the new use.
Dec 26
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By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co’s claims that its Diet Coke Plus include a variety of vitamins and minerals does not meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards, the agency said in a warning to the company.
“The FDA does not consider it appropriate to fortify snack foods such as carbonated beverages,” the agency said in a December 10 letter to the beverage giant released on Tuesday.
Additionally, the product’s label does not include the additional amounts of nutrients included in the “plus” product as the agency requires, the letter said.
Representatives for Coca-Cola defended the product’s claims.
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Dec 21
A new poem written for Review by Carol Ann Duffy. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds
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Dec 18
That extra slice of log cake could worsen an existing chronic health condition
Eveline Gan
eveline@mediacorp.com.sg
AFTER your Christmas dinner, you wolf down two slices of fruit cake and a can of soft drink.
What’s the big deal, you think. It’s the festive season after all.
Christmas may be the time to eat, drink and be merry, but health experts Today spoke to warned that overindulging during the festive season is not without attendant health risks.
Dec 15
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From Jan 1, hotel lobbies and carparks are out of bounds to them
By Jermyn Chow and Amresh Gunasingham
PHOTO: REUTERS
THE short list of public places still open to smokers will shrink even further next month when a nationwide smoking ban is extended to hotel lobbies and carparks, among other areas.
The ban, part of a drive to stamp out smoking that began nearly four decades ago, comes into effect on Jan 1.
It will include non-air-conditioned offices, lift lobbies, multi-storey carparks and anywhere within five metres of the entrances and exits of buildings.
